I have done very little pleasure reading for months now, though I have been very busy reading the news. That means that I have also been very busy writing to my representatives and senators, to my governor, to the White House and the RNC (I get weekly email updates from both of them about what they are trying to do and how). I got a great and very detailed reply from my senator about TARP and the early bail-out programs; nothing from the White House & RNC except more questionnaires about what they can be doing and crowing about what they both think they have done; and from my governor an empty letter that sounded like a third grader's first attempt at responding to a letter whose contents they know nothing about. That was very disappointing, to say the least, and will definitely determine my vote two years from now unless something else changes. I do not expect letters that agree with my viewpoints-I have yet to receive one-but I do expect a response that explains why they are doing what they are doing and acknowledges any concerns that I have as being valid.
Now, on to lighter stuff. The girls and I watched Race to Witch Mountain a couple of weeks ago. All through the film they kept predicting when the scientist and second in command of the guys in black would meet. They believe that they are twins who do not yet know that they are twins or that they are aliens (you'd have to have seen Return to Witch Mountain to know what they're talking about). At the end of the movie, when the twin thing isn't revealed, they were disappointed-I told them that they just left room for a sequel.
This past week was an insomniac week for me, so I rented Twilight on-demand in the middle of the night. I really liked it. It had to be watched when LB was not around because she has read the books and refuses to watch the movie.
I also watched Chocolat, at last. Juliette Binoche is probably my favorite actress, so that was enjoyable, of course.
Last night we watched Australia. G went to bed halfway through the film, bored, but I stayed up to watch it all. Big disappointment. He doesn't like Nicole Kidman anyway, but I do, and I like Hugh Jackman, and I was thrilled to see "Joe Harmon" from "A Town Like Alice", even if he was the bad guy. Overall, though, my criticisms are too long to list here.